Crime Statistics for Turton Bottoms, Turton, Lancashire, 2024

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Turton Bottoms in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Turton Bottoms, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	5
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	6

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Turton Bottoms. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Turton Bottoms

We've taken the ten nearest places to Turton Bottoms and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Turton Bottoms has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Edgworth (0.88 miles)	7
Chapeltown	6
Turton Bottoms	6
Dunscar (1.39 miles)	1
Egerton (1.39 miles)	1
Toppings (1.39 miles)	0
Bank Top (1.96 miles)	0
Affetside (1.75 miles)	0
Bromley Cross (1.24 miles)	0
Eagley (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Turton Bottoms?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Turton Bottoms and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Edgworth	6
Chapeltown	5
Turton Bottoms	5
Dunscar	1
Egerton	1
Toppings	0
Bank Top	0
Affetside	0
Bromley Cross	0
Eagley	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Turton Bottoms?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Turton Bottoms to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Turton Bottoms compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Turton Bottoms and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Turton Bottoms is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Halliwell	94
2	Tonge with the Haulgh	87
3	Great Lever	86
4	Crompton	86
5	Smithills	79
6	Breightmet	78
7	Astley Bridge	69
8	Radcliffe North	64
9	Bradshaw	60
10	Bromley Cross	46
11	North Manor	38

Which road in Turton Bottoms has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Turton Bottoms with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Hough Fold Way.